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Look,הִנֵּהyouאַתֶּםare trustingבֹּטְחִים לָכֶםin wordsעַל דִּבְרֵיof falsehoodהַשָּׁקֶרthat do notלְבִלְתִּיprofit.הוֹעִיל
Jeremiah 7:8
Study it in the app“Look, you are trusting in words of falsehood that do not profit.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 7:8, word by word
- are trustingבֹּטְחִיםbotchim
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “botchim” appears- in wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of falsehoodשָּׁקֶרshaker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “shaker” appears- profitהוֹעִילhoil
profit, be useful
To profit, to be of use, to serve for something.
Where else “hoil” appears
The context
7then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers from of old and forever.
8 · This verse (above)
9Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,